Our reliable fire extinguisher disposal service provides customers throughout Preston with a fast and efficient way of getting rid of there old fire extinguisher.
Our friendly team will collect and remove your old fire extinguishers from anywhere on your property within an agreed 2-hour time slot.
As a registered licensed waste carrier, we will provide you with a waste transfer note which is a legal requirement. From there, we will assess the items to determine if they can be reused or recycled in order to minimise the amount that is sent to landfill.
Every business within Preston has a legal obligation to ensure their hazardous waste is disposed of safely and legally.
Waste is considered ‘hazardous’ under the government’s environmental legislation (see here) when it contains substances or has properties that may make it harmful to human health or the environment. This does not necessarily mean it is an immediate risk to human health, although some waste can be.
Fire extinguishers are classified as hazardous waste due to the high pressure chemicals they contain that could be harmful if mishandled.
We take all kind of fire extinguishers. The kinds we take are:
Unless they are empty, fire extinguishers are classed as hazardous waste. This means that whoever you use to collect them must issue a Hazardous Waste Consignment Note.
As a licensed and insured waste management company, our professional, friendly and efficient teams help businesses throughout Yorkshire and Manchester with their wait and load requirements.
Our uniformed teams usually consist of two or three people who will contact you when they are 30 minutes away. Once they arrive, they will quickly and efficiently load the waste into our dedicated vehicles, we will provide you with the required and legal paperwork before disposing of the items at fully licensed recycling stations.
We’re always happy to discuss how we can help businesses within Preston with their fire extinguisher disposal requirements.
Please get in touch by completing our “Get A Quote” form. Alternatively, you can call a member of our friendly team for expert advice on 01254 865908.
yes waste, brilliant service do exactly what they say they will do and more, and very polite the lad who came to me, will need more work in a while so straight on the phone to them .
Michael MawsonFantastic service, used a few times and they always turn up when expected, give a fixed price based on the amount of rubbish with no hidden extras. Staff are very polite and don’t leave a scrap of mess behind. I don’t quite know where all my rubbish comes from but no doubt I wil being using Yes Waste again in the future.
Trevor Benton